Mark Howe
Mark Steven Howe ( born May 28, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan ) is a retired Canadian- American professional ice hockey player who during his active career between 1970 and 1995, among others, for the Hartford Whalers, Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers was active in the World Hockey Association. He is currently working in the organization of the Detroit Red Wings as Director of Pro Scouting.
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Career
Mark Howe began his career in 1970 with the Detroit Junior Red Wings in the Junior League SOJHL. In his second year, he won the U.S. national hockey team the silver medal at the Winter Olympics 1972 in Sapporo. In the summer, Howe joined the Canadian junior league Ontario Hockey Association, where she won with the Toronto Marlboros to Memorial Cup. Howe was also named Most Valuable Player of the Memorial Cup finals with the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy.
In WHA Amateur Draft in 1973, he was selected by the Houston Aeros and he moved right in the summer of 1973 to the team where he would play along with his father Gordie and brother Marty. The Mannschafte was a member of the World Hockey Association, which was created at the time as a rival league to the National Hockey League. Mark Howe was in his first season, his qualities as a defender who could also play on the attacking positions. He scored 79 points in 76 games and was awarded the Lou Kaplan Trophy as the best rookie. Cited by Marty, Gordie and Mark Howe won the Houston Aeros in 1974 and 1975, the AVCO World Trophy, the championship trophy of the WHA.
In 1974, Mark Howe for Team Canada at the Summit Series in part because it has next to his U.S. citizenship and a Canadian. Selected in the summer in the NHL Amateur Draft in 1974 by the Boston Bruins in the second round at position 25, but he decided to continue to play in the WHA. In 1977, he along with his brother and his father within the WHA with the New England Whalers. In the 1978/79 season he moved back often by the defense in the attack and was with 42 goals and 65 assists for the Topscorern the WHA. It was his most successful season, but also the last season of the WHA, which had to suspend their gaming operations for financial reasons. The New England Whalers were one of the four teams in the WHA, which were included in the NHL. There she played from now on under the name Hartford Whalers.
In the season 1979/80 Mark Howe continued its strong performance from previous years and quickly established himself among the best defenders in the NHL. In the following two years he played for Hartford, before he was transferred in August 1982 to the Philadelphia Flyers. Had the Whalers still problems regularly qualify in their first years for the playoffs, the Flyers already belonged to the established teams who could also compete for the Stanley Cup. 1985 and 1987 reached Howe along with the Flyers the Stanley Cup final, but they lost both times to Edmonton Oilers. In 1989, she could once again reach the Conference Finals, but the next three years, they missed the playoffs. Howe was during the eighties to the most important players of the Philadelphia Flyers, but from the 1988/89 season he was often injured and missing the team in three seasons of at least 40 per play.
In 1992 he returned to his home and was taken by the Detroit Red Wings under contract. But in the following years he was missing the team again because of back problems and so missed the part in the Stanley Cup final in 1995, which went against the New Jersey Devils lost.
In September 1995, he eventually ended his career. Mark Howe took three times in his career ranked second in the election for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the best defenders in the NHL.
After end of his career Mark Howe remained directly in the organization of the Detroit Red Wings and initially worked as a scout with the responsibility for IHL and the AHL. Howe eventually became Director of Pro Scouting and took over the main responsibility of the talent scouts of the Red Wings for the professional leagues, and is primarily concerned with the training of defender in the AHL farm team.
As a member of the Organization of Detroit Red Wings was his name next to the players, coaches and other officials in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008 engraved on the Stanley Cup after the team had won the playoffs in the NHL.
In 2011 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. On March 6, 2012, the Philadelphia Flyers locked his shirt number 2, which has since been awarded to any player.
Family
Mark's father Gordie Howe, "Mr. Hockey" called, the player with the most NHL games is. From 1946 to 1971 he played for the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup and has won multiple awards as the most valuable player and best scorer four times. After end of his career, he returned in 1973 in the WHA back on the ice and ended in 1980 after another season in the NHL with 52 years of his career. Together with his brother Marty played Mark until 1982, when both the Hartford Whalers left. Marty finished his career in 1985. Mark Howe and his wife live in Philadelphia and have two sons and a daughter.
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- Olympic Winter Games in 1972
- Canada Cup 1981
Represented Canada at:
- Summit Series 1974
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )